~ 개인이 마음대로 뽑은 거라 큰 의미를 두지는 않지만, [The Shootist]를 보고 나서 다시 읽어보려고 스크랩해둔다.

+ http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/01/13/john-wayne-leads-list-of-10-best-final-performances-in-acting-history/

1. JOHN WAYNE, THE SHOOTIST
I hit my local indie video store last night so I could re-watch The Shootist for this piece. Directed by Don Siegel, the man behind Dirty Harry, this is a perfectly calibrated farewell movie for Hollywood’s ultimate movie star. There are many parallels with Gran Torino, which I will detail in a separate piece. Wayne plays legendary gunfighter J.B. Brooks who is dying of “a cancer” (as diagnosed by Jimmy Stewart as Doc Hostetler), and he clearly dictates the terms of his own death, going out in a blaze of glory. At one point, Harry Morgan (Colonel Potter from M*A*S*H), says to Brooks, “Keeping you alive long enough to die natural is costin’ the tax payers a pretty penny. You’ve plain plumb lived out your time.” In that moment, you get a hint about how Wayne may be viewing himself at the age of 69. He tells us it’s time to go, and he does it his way.


~ Books를 Brooks라고 오타를 내놓다니 -_-+
하기야 DVD 커버에도 저렇게 오타가 나 있는 형편이니 ㅜㅜ